Health and safety fines bulletin: 14 February 2018
Health and safety fines
In decreasing fine order
Tata Steel fined £1.4m after health and safety failings lead to death of worker
Injury: Death
Fine: £1.4 million
Entity: Tata Steel UK Limited
Legislation: Section 2 and Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £140,000
Source: HSE, 2 February 2018
London Council and Veolia fined after worker crushed by reversing vehicle
Injury: Multiple fractures to right fibula, femur, knee, ankle, wrist and hand. Also suffered a degloving injury to right hand requiring a skin graft.
Fines: £250,000 (Veolia)
£100,000 (Croydon)
Entities: Veolia ES (UK) Limited
London Borough of Croydon
Legislation: Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Veolia)
Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Croydon)
Costs: £11,359.83 (Veolia)
£10,842.83 (Croydon)
Source: HSE, 31 January 2018
Contractor fined after gas explosion at domestic property
Injury: Minor injuries
Fine: £80,000
Entity: Turriff Contractors Limited
Legislation: Sections 3(1) and 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: n/a
Source: HSE, 6 February 2018
Skip hire company fined after lorry driver fatally crushed
Injury: Death
Fine: £60,000
Entity: MAC Skip Hire Limited
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £14,500
Source: HSE, 30 January 2018
Company fined after employee seriously-injured
Injury: Multiple fractures including four breaks to left leg
Fine: £35,000
Entity: Skippy Waste Services Ltd
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £1,852.76
Source: HSE, 26 January 2018
Staffordshire company fined after worker suffers serious crush injuries
Injury: Life changing injuries which required surgical amputation of parts of two fingers
Fine: £30,000
Entity: Berryville Ltd (trading as Interdri Engineering)
Legislation: Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Costs: £587.40
Source: HSE, 17 January 2018
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